Technical Publication is the process for providing operations
and maintenance data in the form of Technical writings and Technical
illustrations to the customers/users of the component
Technical Publication in Aerospace Industry:
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To sell and support the products in these promising new markets
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Manufacturers must provide training and
reference materials with the quality, clarity, and consistency to enable
technicians around the world to understand and maintain highly sophisticated and
complex aerospace components and systems.
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To compete effectively, manufacturers must deliver those materials rapidly and
cost-effectively.
Aerospace Technical Publications
deals with the development and maintenance of technical data for the Aircraft and
its components. The Aircraft manufacturers produce comprehensive technical
documentation on the operation, maintenance, support and retrofit of its
Aircraft. This documentation is provided to the Aircraft operators in the form
of manuals. These manuals communicate information in order to have a specific
message or task understood and accomplished as intended. The text/information
must be clear, concise and consistent throughout the manual. Aircraft operators
and owners perform the maintenance on their Aircraft using these manuals. The
maintenance of the Aircraft is done by Aircraft Maintenance Technicians and
Engineers. As Aircraft age, these publications become more critical as the
repairs become more intense and frequent. The creation and updates of Technical
Publications involve three major tasks: Authoring, Illustrating, and
Publishing.
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AUTHORING
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Authoring involves gathering of technical information from
approved/authentic technical documents, and transferring these technical
contents in the authoring environment. This creates clear and concise
technical documents which are universally understood across the Aerospace
Industries and Aircraft Operators.
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ILLUSTRATION
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Illustrations are used as the primary means to convey the
information. These illustrations are used in conjunction with the above
authored tasks. An illustration is an artwork that helps in a better
understanding of the authored task. The illustrations must be kept simple and
presented in a self-explanatory style. An Illustration is generally not
focused on Form, Fit and Function of
the component/unit.
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PUBLISHING
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Publishing is a process of converting the above authored and
illustrated task to various formats as desired by the OEM (Original Equipment
Manufacturers) and/or end users. The various forms are electronic format (CD,
DVDs), or hard copies on paper, or through the websites (Internet).
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